research

Last Update: 25 Aug., 2025

For our current research areas, please refer to following open access papers and articles published in NIMS NOW magazine.
• Tsuyoshi OHNISHI
Development of Extremely Safe Solid-State Oxide Batteries
NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
[NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
(7 Mar., 2024)
• Naoaki KUWATA
Enabling Observation of Fast-Moving Lithium Ions within Solid-State Batteries
NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
[NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
(7 Mar., 2024)
• Calpa MARCELA
Challenge to improve battery performance in a state-of-the-art environment
NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
[NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
(7 Mar., 2024)
• NAoaki KUWATA, Gen HASEGAWA
Bulk and Grain Boundary Diffusion in Solid Electrolytes ─NMR and SIMS Analysis─
CERAMICS JAPAN 59(2024)No. 10, 2024/10
[CERAMICS JAPAN 59(2024)No. 10]
(Oct., 2024)
• Naoaki KUWATA
Imaging Grain Boundaries that Impede Lithium-Ion Migration in Solid-State Batteries
—New technique developed to quantify ionic conductivity across grain boundaries—
NIMS Press Release, 2023/12/18
[NIMS Press Release]
(18 Dec., 2023)
JST Press Release, 2023/12/18
[JST Press Release]
(18 Dec., 2023)
Nikkei, 2023/12/18
[Nikkei web article]
(18 Dec., 2023)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, 2023/12/20
[Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun web  article]
(20 Dec., 2023)
•Calpa MARCELA, Kazunori TAKADA
Hidden Cause of Lithium-Rich Cathode Materials’ Low Energy Efficiency Revealed—Asymmetric Reaction Pathways Are Key—
NIMS Press Release, 2023/12/15
[NIMS Press Release]
(15 Dec., 2023)
MIT Technology Review, 2023/12/18
[MIT Technology Review]
(18 Dec., 2023)
• Narumi Ohta
A Novel, High performance, Low-Cost All-Solid-State Battery Production Method
NIMS YouTube Channel: Materials Revealed!, 2022/10/07
[NIMS YouTube Channel: Materials Revealed!, 2022/10/07]
(7 Oct., 2022)
• Narumi Ohta
Overcoming a Disadvantage of Silicon Leads to a Breakthrough in The Development of Next-generation Batteries
NIMS NOW International, 2022, 20 (3), p. 14
[NIMS NOW International, vol.20 no.3]
(18 Aug., 2022) The Eccentric Views of Materials Scientists
• National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Materials Open Platform for All Solid-State Battery to Begin Full-Scale Operation
NIMS Press Release, 2022/06/07
[NIMS Press Release, 2022/06/07]
(07 June, 2022)
• Narumi Ohta
Anode Material for All-solid-State Batteries
NIMS NOW International, 2020, 18 (4), p. 7
[NIMS NOW International, vol.18 no.4]
(9 Oct., 2020) Materials Visual Guide with Onomatopoeia
• National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
High-performance Anode for All-solid-state Li Batteries is Made of Si Nanoparticles
NIMS Press Release, 2019/11/07
[NIMS Press Release, 2019/11/07]
(07 Nov., 2019)
• National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Successfully Confirmed the Highly Stable Cycling Performance of Nanoporous, Amorphous Silicon Anodes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
NIMS Press Release, 2018/05/14
[NIMS Press Release, 2018/05/14]
(14 May, 2018)
• Junichi Sakabe, Narumi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Ohnishi, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, and Kazunori Takada
Porous Amorphous Silicon Film Anodes for High-Capacity and Stable All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
Communications Chemistry, 2018, 1, Art. No. 24
DOI:10.1038/s42004-018-0026-y
(3 May, 2018)
• Kazunori Takada
Safe and Durable All-Solid-State Batteries
NIMS NOW International, 2017, 17 (1), p. 8
[NIMS NOW International, vol.17 no.1]
(24 Jan., 2017)
Kazunori Takada and Takahisa Ohno
Experimental and Computational Approaches to Interfacial Resistance in Solid-State Batteries
Front. Energy Res., 2016, 4, Art. No. 10
DOI:10.3389/fenrg.2016.00010
(30 Mar., 2016)
• Kazunori Takada
Do all-solid-state lithium ion batteries dream of oxide electrolytes?
CONVERGENCE, 2015, 21, p. 2
[CONVERGENCE, no.21]
(Oct., 2015)
• Kazunori Takada and Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
Extracting Functions from Ions Moving in Solids
NIMS NOW International, 2012, 10 (3), p. 6
[NIMS NOW International, vol.10 no.3]
(30 Apr., 2012)
• Kazunori Takada and Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
Development of All-Solid State Lithium Ion Battery
NIMS NOW International, 2011, 9 (4), p. 9
[NIMS NOW International, vol.9 no.4]
(24 Jun., 2011)